Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-17
GUILTY or MURDER.
Friedrich K1ssens 60 fhe
versllet Unmoved.


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Ihsrs w6rs pEDbaAly ona huudrnd
laelG8 - the eo1Et roon geslsEfsV ahfie
tne Address we're made b tie farg n
TIE kKie1flcess murder aesn. rev
UsEe asaked - e1ufo1tahie chairs pisf-
g ne Or a11 f1Emsd a. ntffaeafps
fringe of responsibility 90 A and1nnae
eomposed q ag nnang kinds % msp -
theEe ore peop1e "a ne fans 81 tie
Garth. The aisle mas crowded with
spectatoss Wh0 glood for fonF hoaFs
Wills ms af2an1uis ueGe made. Thsse
middle aaad ladies. Two % whom wsrs
! Knitting via crest dsliberasf0n and cue
sewing aorne fancy Work, gave 81 ap-
peaf1nez 0f oameatioity 30 the dislkiot
eeust ranm yeslsrday darinR tie trial of
Albert tfisdfleh. When tie tea1imosy
Eeiateo b ezi1i1si points, o. when shs
Atsofns11 eispased faoRe gahemen1iy
than usual ogef some point Of law,
thsse lad.es oaaasd knitting and sewing
Mnd aaEed a. lhe Contestants and the
Jury With q bsni9uity q eolntsnancs
thaf wag 10 Agreeable oouirast With the
eosmopolitan aspect Of the auafenos
which niiod tie SPECTATORS benches and
overlooked Into space 81 apaEt foE he
lawyers.
When Rriodrich made his Statements.
be YES the object Of undivided afseu-
tlou. Il u very unusual II mnFder
canas for the defendans 10 no on the
witness stand, end b only done when
the defense feels very oonhdent that No
harm viii oome from II. FfisdKiaA
vas very cool and deliberate il his
statements. AZ 20 time vas be notice
ably dieannoeE1td, even uRder sharp
cFogs-exanination several incidents
occurred which we're calculated 10 shake
his nsrveF.
TIE prosecution offered 70 pgovs that
the defendants phot1RFaph had been
ssnt 70 Germany For Dissatisfaction; that
letter was received 10 turn stating
that The writer knsu the man whose
phofoRE8ph had bean senf ana thaf bis
name wan Isnbeng FKiadrioh; that BIO
ga married 70 q woUan who8a maiden
name was DoFothea Rauch, and they
\ had q con living. Friedrich denied ever
! having been married, and did % With q
! Iiaht laugh, IS II at the very idea Of bis
! having been married. He was shown
/ She photograph Of 9 boy, Who, Il issaid,
| = bis sou. EFledFieh looked a. Il care
fally, and without a tremor denied II
was the pscleFe Of his son, Is be nsveT
had 9 son. The photographs we're Of
fsEed 10 evidence, but were ruled oct b.
The written slatsmsnt whioh came
from Germany stated that MEs- Fried
rich was Hilll living there, respected
woman. Il also stated that Friedrich
and bis wife lafi Germany 10 The fell 81
1883, and after going 10 Washington
City from Baltimore. be deserted her
there, and she returned 10 Germany.
Their son vas Ieft behin6 than. The
father Of Friedrich is named Joseph
Jehn FFiedEich and bis mother AIMS
Maria Rink.
FrIsFioh admitted on the stand thai
/ these nasnes OF hla parents we're correct
The papers shosine the enlistment Of q
| certain LnbenB kEiedKlch as q mem
Der u q certain company IN she German
army ueFo shown 20 Efiedrioh. 1he
uaper contained a description which
/ substantially oorFesponded With that OF
| Friedrich himself. He admitted being
in tue EiQhty-1Kst regiment, bat said be
gas not the man named In the enlist-
ment papers, saying Il could not mean
him Is bis name vas NOS Labens. De
called attention 10 statement tn toe
papers that LubenB Friedrich vas =
/ member Of the Forest guard and only
Those who had served many years In
She array we're eligible. The psper
stated that Lubsus FsiedFich vas barn
February IA, 1856.
There was nothing In RFisdFich's
manner % tone Of voice which betrayed
the sliQhfaai evidence that rs vas
Lnbens FrisdFich. he admitted thst
she photograph which had been ssnt TO
Germany was bic, and said 50 while
IhsIding Il Ia bis hand. He looked long
and carefully ct the photograph Of his
alleged sou, and raised bic eyes, locked
81 tbs Jury and said:
81 don't know him. ] have no son,
and never Was married"
| ran rnsEmoNS.
| when the taking Of tsslimsny vas To-
sumed yesterday morning, the pFoseeu-
tiou called Mr. Stewart, Who, being
sworn, said, de lived On Madison ave
nae Lass July; remember seslnR defend
ant al my house, be said be was hast
"a" and wanted some bread and oaks
aud pie; be said be had Just come frOn
California; be said either san jose or
Santa Rosa. After getting something
90 oat he immediately left doa't know
where ha wsns.
This cOnoladed ths case on he part
Of the pFosecation.
The defense Was than oatlined to the
liuFy by defendant'a counsel, after
which the defendant was called 10 tbs
witness stand.
Albsrs FrIsdEioh, the defendant, made
ne following statement. not under oath;
Il NJ maine - Albert Friedrich. am 30
years cid; haya resided In Seattle over .
yesfi knew Julins Scherbufz fos two
wars: BE- vas tho best friead ever bad;
saw ccherbFing Jaly II last. h The
morning between , and 10 ofclook; he
came 10 my shop and asked me 70 take
| beat ride with him, which | did.
Schsrbrirg got the boat and eat i've
| bottles OF beer, We vent 20 the point 90
lefk-hand eide going 81 Tacoma. Nil
toni. 90 looked AZ some nsbefmen aud
Indians q good While, then we vent &c
the point; laid down on TIE sSna aud
drank some beer; Ws returned about B
| o'clock in afternoon, then We vent to-
osli>s ard had our dinner ~ Ar.
Prfaals'a. After supper ! invited
P,incle 10 take q glass % beer witt us.
We Went eoyn togu. bad the beSr and
| / paia for Il. ! told Pringle in tbs pres
ersoe az SchaFhripg. that bad % - 60
Turner Hall fer rehearsal. Rnngie
left ps and Scheghxing walked ue With
40 towards Turner Hall. He sid II Is
500 easily 70 sc np; that soms,ines you
lan't stsEt Ia before 3 o'clock; that We
haVe ltGne 70 take 6 Walk | said all
; right" than &c walled CO - that
bridge; my ialeniian vas rot 4 & 50
Far as the saison; bat HchgFbrin2 said
ayoa have plenty Of Tins. and ysa can
have q elasi OF beer s.th me drst, thsu
ven can So and 90 did; we took two
elaaSae Of beer each az the salo1n, then
told SsherhFiug that u vas tsuSs Tot
me- % 30; Re sid 'ssll RIGHT you can 20.
50 walked on fast and ieft SaheEbrinG
about $50 yards this side Of To saiCcn
en- TIE bridge; ! Walked On fasl. Eosnz
30 Turner Hall; Ssherhrin9 didn't have
auythinR e a., 90 be didnf come %
Turner Hall, he sight have come h1i
be dtdn't he,oaR 30 the slro cams q
! ne TcFner Hall aud hesrd my f-ianes
sinafna aircadg, 90 ] tarned back again
, | and didn't 60 t&sze.
Q.-Mr. friadrieA, die spu kiil ia
!. lies schsrhrirgi
A.-No, EifJ 1 never did.
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